Decanet taxon details
Achelous binoculus (Holthuis, 1969)
557880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557880)
accepted
Species
Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969) Holthuis, L.B. (1969). <i>Portunus binoculus</i>, n. sp., a new deep-water swimming crab from the Caribbean Region (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 19(2): 409-427. [details] Available for editors 
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Achelous binoculus (Holthuis, 1969). Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557880 on 2025-09-12
Date
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original description
(of Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969) Holthuis, L.B. (1969). <i>Portunus binoculus</i>, n. sp., a new deep-water swimming crab from the Caribbean Region (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 19(2): 409-427. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference Mantelatto, F.L.; Robles, R.; Schubart, C.D.; Felder, D.L. (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the genus <em>Cronius</em> Stimpson, 1860, with reassignment of <em>C. tumidulus</em> and several American species of <em>Portunus</em> to the genus <em>Achelous</em> De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae). <em>In: Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds).</em> CRC Press, England, pp. 567–579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420092592-c29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference Mantelatto, F.L.; Robles, R.; Schubart, C.D.; Felder, D.L. (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the genus <em>Cronius</em> Stimpson, 1860, with reassignment of <em>C. tumidulus</em> and several American species of <em>Portunus</em> to the genus <em>Achelous</em> De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae). <em>In: Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds).</em> CRC Press, England, pp. 567–579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420092592-c29 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redspot swimming crab [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous binoculus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (27 records) (from synonym Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113560) (from synonym Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous binoculus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (27 records) (from synonym Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113560) (from synonym Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969)